A Collection of Material from the Trianon Press, circa 1952-1983

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Summary

Creators:
Unknown.
Abstract:
The collection consists of reproductions of engravings, etchings, and other artwork published by Trianon Press, a publishing house started by Arnold Fawcus who was well known for producing high quality facsimiles.
Extent:
2 oversize_boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], A Collection of Material from the Trianon Press (Collection 1685). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of reproductions of engravings, etchings, and other artwork. Among the artists represented are: William Blake, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, Camille Pissaro, Fra Bartolommeo, Jean Bérain and Wenceslaus Hollar.

Biographical / historical:

Trianon Press was founded in Paris in 1947 by Arnold Fawcus who became well known for producing high quality facsimile art prints. Under the label Trianon Press, he published a number of facsimiles including the work of William Blake. After Fawcus's death, his wife Julie Fawcus continued and completed Trianon's final two projects on Dante Alighieri and John Constable.

Processing information:

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Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011.

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Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Trianon Press.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], A Collection of Material from the Trianon Press (Collection 1685). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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